/// <summary>
/// Serializes a PropertyItem into a string blob.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pi">The PropertyItem to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>A string that may be later deserialized using DeserializePropertyItem.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Note to implementors: The format for the serialized data is intentionally opaque for programmatic users
/// of this class. However, since this data goes into .PDN files, it must be carefully maintained. See
/// the PropertyItem2 class for details.
/// </remarks>
public static string SerializePropertyItem(PropertyItem pi)
{
ImageMetadata pi2 = ImageMetadata.FromPropertyItem(pi);
return(pi2.ToBlob());
}
